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nagged

ADJECTIVE
henpecked
Synonyms
WEAK
acquiescent browbeaten compliant constrained docile dominated in fear of one's wife intimidated led by the nose meek obedient passive resigned subjected to nagging submissive timid unassertive under one's thumb unresisting wife-ridden yielding

Example Sentences

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It was not long before the spectacle of the London Marathon captured his imagination and he nagged his parents to help him peer over the barriers for a closer look at the elites.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2025

And when I returned in the fall of 2023 to watch Pretzel again, the feeling nagged at me that maybe I could.

From Slate • Apr. 8, 2025

These arguably hairsplitting thoughts nagged at me thanks to my job as a congressional correspondent focused on federal spending.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2024

“We really just took an extra week because it kind of nagged with him so we took an extra week to get him back,’’ Carroll said of Haynes.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2023

Something nagged at the back of my mind.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan